Raffaele Sollecito's father offers sympathy to Kercher family as Amanda Knox is reunited with boy she left behind (who resembles Italian lover)

The father of Raffaele Sollecito, who was acquitted of murder alongside ex-girlfriend Amanda Knox last week, said he was overjoyed when his son was freed from jail, but he also tried to comfort Meredith Kercher's family - whose daughter wouldn't be coming home.
Francesco Sollecito said that he attempted to speak to the Kercher family shortly after his son Raffaele's murder conviction was overturned, but the family’s lawyer stopped him.
He told the Guardian: 'I understand that it was a splendid day for us but not for them.
'All I can say is that if they need to contact me, I will always be here.'
Mr Sollecito's comments came as Amanda Knox's former boyfriend David Johnsrud, whom she left in the U.S. when she travelled to Italy, was pictured on Wednesday leaving her mother's Seattle home.
And he bears more than a passing resemblance to someone else - Raffaele Sollecito.With the same pale skin, glasses and straight mousey hair, Amanda appears to favour the geeky look in her men.
Maybe it's the inspiration of Amanda's pale-skinned, bespectacled father Curt.
Amanda sought comfort by secretly meeting with David almost immediately after she returned to America.
Mr Knox, however, said they had not yet rekindled their romance.
Speaking outside the family home, he said: 'She has been around DJ yeah. I think it’s a little early to be dealing with that romance.'
Mr Knox added that other friends and relatives have been visiting Amanda constantly.
But she still feels like she’s a prisoner because of the media interest in her.
Mr Johnsrud was Amanda’s boyfriend with whom she broke up when they left the University of Washington to travel on exchange programmes.
He went to China, she to Perugia. Amanda, along with Sollecito, were convicted of fellow student Meredith Kercher.
Now she's back in America, her father stressed was not about to dive straight back into a relationship.
He said: 'No, you have to understand when Amanda develops a friendship it’s not a superficial friendship. 
'This concept of boyfriend and girlfriend, no, I mean - to kind of give you an example a lot of the friends that have been visiting her from her university have known her longer in prison then they know her at college.
'That is kind of recognition of the type of friendships she develops. Just because it’s a male or a female does not mean boyfriend or girlfriend, I mean it’s a friendship and that’s what it is.'
But asked if Mr Johnsrud was happy to see her, he said: 'Absolutely, everybody was glad to see her.
Everybody’s desire was for her to come home, knowing she had nothing to do with this, that has been the focus and now people are getting the opportunity to reconnect with her face to face, which is really nice.'
Knox and Sollecito were arrested a few days after Miss Kercher's body was discovered in a pool of blood on November 2 2007 in the apartment she shared with Knox in Perugia.
They were convicted in 2009 and sentenced to 26 and 25 years respectively. A third defendant, Rudy Hermann Guede, was also convicted and had his 16-year prison sentence upheld by Italy's highest court.
Following Monday's acquittals, Guede remains the only one in prison for the death. His lawyer has said he wants the case reopened, given that Italy's high court determined Guede did not act alone.
Mauro Chialli, who was one of eight jurors who on Monday ordered the release of Knox, said there were several elements of the prosecution's case that did not convince him, primarily the lack of a motive and uncertainties about the precise time of Miss Kercher's death.